Visual Studio Code Reviews & Product Details

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a free, lightweight, and powerful source code editor developed by Microsoft, compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. It offers a rich set of features, including debugging support, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and built-in Git integration. Users can customize the editor by changing themes, keyboard shortcuts, and preferences, as well as by installing extensions to enhance functionality. VS Code supports a wide range of programming languages and frameworks, making it a versatile tool for developers. Key Features and Functionality: - Debugging: Built-in debugger with support for various programming languages, allowing developers to set breakpoints, inspect variables, and step through code. - Syntax Highlighting and IntelliSense: Provides syntax highlighting and intelligent code completion for numerous languages, enhancing code readability and productivity. - Integrated Git Control: Seamless Git integration enables users to manage version control directly within the editor. - Extensions and Customization: A vast marketplace of extensions allows users to add new languages, debuggers, and tools, tailoring the editor to their specific needs. - Integrated Terminal: Built-in terminal supports various shells, enabling command-line operations without leaving the editor. Primary Value and User Solutions: Visual Studio Code streamlines the development process by combining a robust set of features with a user-friendly interface. Its cross-platform compatibility and extensive extension ecosystem cater to a diverse developer community, supporting a wide array of programming languages and frameworks. By integrating essential tools like debugging, version control, and terminal access into a single environment, VS Code enhances productivity and efficiency, reducing the need to switch between multiple applications. Its customizable nature allows developers to tailor the editor to their workflows, addressing the unique challenges they face in software development.

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Microsoft

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Languages Supported

English

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Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

13 months

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Verified User in Commercial Real Estate

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/22/2020

"Review Vscode"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Its large number of extensions, themes, and versatility in the languages it supports. A complete editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

That the online version you must have an Azure subscription Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Özgün Emre Z.

iOS Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/27/2019

"Best Editor possible on every platform"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Community, Open source, customizability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes because of too many updates, things have changed too much. So, When I was using rarely, things changed frequenlty I didn't like it a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pranesh S.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/25/2019

"My favorite IDE"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It's so easy to code, thanks to their great plugins that enhances the autocomplete feature. It also makes it so easy to reference variables and objects from several different files. One other feature that I really love about Visual Studio code is that it shows all the function prototypes, which helps reduce code errors. Visual Studio code has a really cool theme that makes it attractive to code. The built in terminal is also really good. It can be integrated with gcc and g++ compilers easily. It can also be run on windows after installation of the compilers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Sometimes, even though I have installed a recommended plugin, it repeatedly asks me to install it again. That makes it a bit annoying. The application is a bit heavy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Visual Studio code is really good for those who build complex projects. It is also very easy to use. The theme makes it so interesting to code. I love the theme very much, They also have a lot of cool plugins that enhance coding in different languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Visual Studio Code solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Visual Studio code to build applications for my projects. It has made coding much simpler. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/11/2019

"Best code editor"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual studio code is the best IDE out there as it contain extensions for almost every language with intellisense support and colored visual text representation, plus it is available on every platform out there Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

not much is to say, this product can not be disliked Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David M.

Director of Software Engineering

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/26/2019

"Great all around development tool with excellent extensions"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Works in all languages that I use on a daily basis. Also the built in command line window brings everything to one screen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Extensions creators can take a while to bring in new updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

Its free, give it a try and see if it works for your needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Visual Studio Code solving and how is that benefiting you?

Moving to Mac and losing NotePad++ a few year ago gave me a large hole in the IDE landscape. Using Visual Studio Code on Mac has bring even more that Notepad++ didnt include. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alex U.

QA Analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/31/2019

"All in 1 and fast"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

This is probably the best IDE I have used. It is very customizable with extensions and has support for ALL if not almost every language. It also comes in with an integrated terminal which is great for quick CLI commands to boost your development environment! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

For me, this IDE is flawless, but I could say that the debugger could be a bit more intuitive. I had to do some investigation on the configurations to get it to work LOL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/6/2019

"One Program Fits All!"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code can take you leaps and bounds above where most other text editors will take you. If you find a code language you cannot write in Visual Studio Code, you did not look hard enough for support or plugins. Visual Studio Code can handle essentially any programming you throw at it, and the community around it to develop new plugins, technologies, and documents for it is just outstanding. Visual Studio Code is the place to live if you are a developer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code does not have much to dislike. The settings are difficult to access at times, and some of the keyboard shortcuts take getting used to. Other than that, I do not have many complaints about this piece of software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual Studio Code:

If you do not require an IDE, or a native compiler in your Text Editor, Visual Studio Code is the place to be. You can accomplish any tasks imaginable with this beast of a text editor. As a Full-Stack Engineer it enables me to be able to do everything from local serving, to versioning, to the code itself all in a reliable and lightweight program Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Visual Studio Code solving and how is that benefiting you?

With Visual Studio Code, I can manage all of my code and versioning in one program. Having the text editor integrated with a local server and a terminal is quite literally an All-In-One solution to any programmer's daily tasks. The benefits from this is having Visual Studio Code on all my computers allows me to accomplish everything I need in a lightweight, and easy to set up program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hemal K.

Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/19/2019

"Great and Easy to Use IDE"

4/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

It is very light weight. Easy to connect with source controlling like Git. Dependency management is also good. It supports most of the popular frameworks. It is a perfect match for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Code Refactoring is not available in some frameworks. I wish we had code refactoring for ASP.Net Core available in VS Code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sachin P.

Senior Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/21/2019

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"Fast & Easy"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

Light weighted, fast to loads up. Auto detecting the file types which are opened , suggestion on what types of extension we need to install. Wide variety of availability of extensions. Ability to use GIT integration in editor itself. Multi Theme selection. Being Open source. Auto suggestion that is intelligent is pretty helpful for coding or be it documenting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

Some time it does takes time to load required extension based on file types selected in editor. Debugging is some what I felt is lacking. When opened a heavy project of folder it takes a bit time.

Also the ability to stepping in function definition is good but stepping out of function is missing I guess Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Visual Studio Code solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being a software developer we use this daily, the code completion using IntelliSense is what saves our day. The time taken from thought process to code is fast. The ability to suggest the require types of suggestion for required extension of selected file types which helps a lot to a developer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Akshay H.

PhD Student

Research

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/3/2019

"Visual Studio Code, or VS Code is one of the best IDE's around at the moment. "

5/5

What do you like best about Visual Studio Code?

VS code is a game changer. As a previous user of Sublime text/VIM who didn't really use IDE's that much, VS code was a pleasant surprise. The biggest hits about VS code is the intellisense code recommendations which basically give suggestions for autocompletion as you type, and also add links to your function definitions and calls, allowing you to take a peek when needed easily. Secondly is the terminal integration which makes development and debugging happen in a single window. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio Code?

There is a bug which causes an open vs code terminal to become garbled or blank when you restart your computer from sleep mode. This would require you to close that terminal and start a new one which would make you lose the previous information on the terminal which might be useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.